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CHABLES H. FISHES
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FRIDAY EVEXIXO
May 3, 1918
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THE "CAUSE" OF THE WAR DEAD
It is one of the ironies of fate that just as the hopes
of the kaiser and his junkers go glimmering, and all
hope of eventually winning the war vanishes, that Gabreel
Principe, the man who assassinated the Austrian Arch
duke Ferdinand and his morganatic wife at Sarajevo,
passed away in the fortress where he was confined. It
was this act of a madman that was seized upon by the
kaiser as an excuse for starting his campaign to over
throw all governments and make himself dictator of the
world. He at once began to pull the strings that made
poor old Francis Joseph dance and so an ultimatum was
delivered to Serbia which neither it nor any other country
could comply with. This was done intentionally and with:
the view of forcing France and Russia into the war.1
The kaiser had supposed England would keep out of the
fight he intending to take care of her at his leisure when
the other nations were disposed of. He relied also on
Italy staying with the central powers and indeed had
things nicely arranged. Undoubtedly the successful
flights of the Zeppelins had much to do with his selecting
the time for beginning the war. He had an exaggerated
idea of the power of these war machines and believed he
could control the air. and therefore the world. No doubt
without these he would have made the attempt at world
domination just the same, but not perhaps until a later
date. It is quite in accordance with the eternal fitness of
things that the madman whose act was made the excuse
for the war should pass just as the hopes of the kaiser
and his gang vanish. .
RAISE IN PRICES NOT JUSTIFIED
, . Not in many instances are the share advances in nrices 1 VoE.aH Wfeo Changed J
of goods justified. The war is merely an excuse for the
profiteers to exploit the people, and the sharpest advances
are made in the necessities of life because these must be j
had. Shoes, clothing and food supplies are priced so that !
the manufacturer is reaping a golden harvest while the!
puDiic pays war prices.
THE OUTSTRETCHED HAND.
AN EVENING OF SELF-PITY
CHAPTER LXVIII.
T a. . ,1L ! .1
ui course, tne government has done much to curb ifltclv afror T hail finwluwl rliiui4r ot
profiteering or conditions would have been intolerable by!
peering to return at ouee and spent the
1- A" t 11 1 - " I .......
lu the library with
uUl tell him all about my
t ii an. vi vvuisi- xiv ii i ii u r. nau units o
Rubber!...:. ...... v
. . i , , ... . iu near, ai ureuKiast: suouiu
buppiies w ere lasen over recently ena tne price boost- t bVe exited it of a busy business
mg of automobile tires andThany other products will be W.
StOPDed at Once. - Helen!" he tailed from the foot of
4.1 AHVOfc IJlOLaUlVCd
this time. As the war machinery is being perfected more!"'""" C0Eily
industries and products will come under official control i Gl'orgl': ,: wouU
and this policy will benefit the general consumer.
the stair. "I'm going out."
i did not answer. 1 couldn't.
fhe Itching and Sting
of Blazing, Fiery Eczema
5ccm3 Like tfce Skin Is on Fire.
There is a harrassing discomfort
raused. by Eczema that almost be
:omes a torture. The itching is al
siost unbearable, and the skin seem3
3a fire with the burning irritation.
A curs1 from local applications of
ra'ves and ointments is impossible,
because such treatment can only al
lay the pain temporarily. The disease
;an only be reached by going deep
iown to its source.
The source of Eczema h in the
blood, the disease being caused by an
infection which breaks out thronph
the skin. That is why tbe most satis
factory treatment for all so-called
skin diseases is S. S. S, for this rem
edy so thoroughly cleanses the blood
that do impurities can remain. Get" a
bottle to-day at any drugstore, and
you will see results from the right
treatment Write for expert medics!
advice, which you can get without
cost, by addressing Medical Director,
21 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ca.
war prices are merelv an ex
pression of effort on part of profiteers to get rich quick i1"n,P in n,v throat as "
in time of a great national crisis and a raise of 50 oerl.vt 3',""
A. 1 . 1 1 sv . ... O
cent is maae wnere pernaps w per cent is really
jusunea.
The
was partly opeu.
light-
gh mv
T1..'U In
door which
cume iu.
I turned away for a moment, that ku
might not see the tears which were
filling my eyes. He turned my faco
around, his hand under my chin.
"I tamo up ; kiss you good-bye; but
as you choose always to disfigur..' your
self by shedding tear, I will forego
that pleasure."
"I didn't mean to cry, George," I
said unsteadily, "but i". thought you
would stay home with me tonight and
I would toll you all about my visit."
llftv-a o.i mr.w..,.n. II.. ,
he turr.od toward the door. "Good
night."
A Scathing Sebuke '
"Please don't go away cross!"
pleaded.
"I am noM cross. I am simply disgust
ed. A woman who weeps over every lit-
iio mmg mat nappens to De contrary
Two instructors, one at Vassar and the other at Yale.
No doubt !an(l both women have been arrested on charges of dis
loyalty and will be interned dunng the war. It looks as
though the "highly educated" class is the most disloyal
one. College professors, school teachers and librarians
furnish more disloyal persons in proportion to numbers
than any other classes.
According to a "news item in a recent issue of the
Capital Journal, Salem may experience a shortage of gas
this summer and fall. This would be a serious matter, as
many firms, particularly printers, are almost absolutely
dependent upon gas for melting their type metal, and
other purposes. , Then, too, many households have no
other means of cooking or even heating water except with
pas. Particularly ais this true in apartment houses,
where there are no chimney flues and where wood stoves
could not be installed. Owing to the national eiiort be
insr made to conserve food by home canning and preserv
ing, there is a large demand for gas for this purpose, as
the work is generally done in tne warm weauier. a
shortage of gas would, therefore, hamper this work to a
considerable extent. Naturally we all nope tnat sucn ar
rangements' will be made that it will not be necessary to
reduce the supply ot gas in baiem.
The defense of Mont Kemmel will go down in history
with Thermopylae and Balaklava. When General Foch
eent the French regiment surrounded on the hill the mes
sage: "Hold Mont Kemmel to the death," he was obeyed
literally. The story says they fought against overwhelm
ing odds for six hours and finally reduced in numbers
"were overrun by the German hordes and tramped out
as an ant hill in the sand." A nation composed of such
men cannot be conquered. It may be destroyed, but it
cannot be whipped.
" There are a number of nations that have their soldiers
on the west front, and among these are English, French,
Americans, Portugese, Hindus, Scotch, Irish, Welsh, and
no doubt many other races, and now comes word that
D0,000 of the flower and pick of the Chinese army are to
be fighting on this front along with the others by the first
of June. Pretty nearly all the balance of the world i?
either fighting the kaiser or sympathizing with those
who are.
Butte has voted to burn all German books in the school
libraries, Saturday night in the center of the city. The
trustees of all public libraries are expected to follow this
course, and an invitation is extended to all citizens to
help swell the German funeral pyre with such German
oooks as they may have.
The Sinn Feiners will not accept Home Rule in any
form but demand "absolute freedom from the British em
pire. They want, or say they do, to have Ireland a re
public. This would be all right until the first election be
came necessary. After thatthere would be a resolution
followed by another and still another indefinitely. The
Orangemen and the Catholics will never agree, and that
is the whole situation in the past, now and f orevennore. .
LADD & BUSH, Bankers
The Third Liberty Bond Sale is now on. We have
a Liberty Bond Department in one of our Lobby
StaKs. A teller is constantly in charge ready to
answer questions and take subscriptions.
The outlook for both Fall and Spring wheat is splendid.
The authorities estimate that the yield this year may be
close to 900,000,000 bushels. At the same time crop con
ditions in the allied countries are far better than last
year, and the probability is that all restrictions on the use
of flour will be removed soon after harvest begins, or as
soon as the yield is assured.
The junkers are convinced that the attaching to Alsace
and Lorraine to Germany in the manner they were, was a
mistake. They now propose to mako their loss less galling
to France and as it were to apalogize for annexing these
provinces by dividing them between Bavaria. Prussia and
Baden. The thief WOUld make the Stolen PWirls snfp in thp!t0 ller desires, is an impossible compan
fnmilv 1 ror man-1 "at'9 i havo told
liillUiy. y0U g0 manv times. Good nieht!" he
stalked out of the room, down the stairs
and i, listening, heard the front door
close none to gently after him,
I burst into a very passion ot tears
ana sobs a sudden, wid access of lone
liness and longing, i
"I ought to have stayed horn.?. Hi
doesn't love me, he ean't! He couldn't
treat me so, if he did," I moaned aloud.
George hadn't Wanted to kiss mo
hadn 't cared enough to kiss nie, just be
cause I was crying. And HIS had inad.'.
me cry.
One thing, and ouc thing only, was
gradually geepiug into my mind;. I could-
n t go on like ting forever. Ho had uo
consideration for my loneliness when,
nigh; after night, 1 sat alone in that
luxurious house that now seemed less
like home than ever. I would gladly
have given up the oriental rugs for
mother's rag ones the tapestries and
real lace for the dainty dimity curtains
at home all the ease and splendor of
our living for the homincss that per
vaded the home I had ,iua ; left.
I was not left long alone. George had
been gone but a little time when James
announced a Mr. and Mrs. Koss and a
Mr. Huntington.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross, were, I knew,
close friends of George's before we were
married. Of Mr. Huntington I knew
nothing. I wanted to refuse to see them,
but did not dare. George would be an
fry. So I sent word !Y(iat 1 would be
down immediately, and then hurriedly
bathed my eyes and smoothed my hair
A. New Acqueintance
Mr. and Mrs. Eoss greeted me very
.cordially, when I w.ent into the room,
and then Mrs. Koss introduced Mr. Hun
tington. Mr. Koss was a lively sort of
man and did Ins best to be entertaining,
lie paid mc all sor!s of compliments,
some of which, at another time, would
have embarrassed me. I accepted th,em
calmly because I was too unhappy to
mind. My calm seemed to much intri
gue tins man ot the world. And I
thought it caused a look of admiration
in his eyes.
Mr. Huntington, too, was very kind,
lie was young about twenty-five. U.?
tried to find out some W the things in
which I was especially interested and
talked first of them and then of what
especially interested him. Ho talked
better when on this latter subjects.
My wandering glance, my forced at
tention, did not escape Mrs. Koss. I saw
to my annoyance. 1 was not living up
to Mrs. Sex pn's teachings. I was pro
jecting my own feelings into the atmos
phere when, as hostess, it was my place
to uink? their call pleasant not theirs
to entertain mc.
Before they left I had quite recover
ed my poise. Mr. Hunting.on said ho
was going to make up a party, some
evening, to dine at a very popular res
taurant out in tlw snhurbs, and wanted
to know if George and I would go. Of
course I had to tell him I would con
sult mv husband. Hut I was delighted.
Perhaps Georgo would go and take me.
Before thev left we became qui.e gay.
And I had promised to go to a pietura
Portland Youn? Man
Made False Affidavils
Portland, Or. ,May 2 Russell Haines
son of a Portland lawyer, was sentenc
ed in federal court today to serve a
jail sentence of one year and pay a
flO fine, for making false affidavits
in his questionnaire, following his re-
leas? from jail he must enter the ar
my.
uues, the evidence showed, de-
d ha had been marriod nrevimi
1 to the declaration of war. It was dem
joustrated he had been living with his
present wife, but was not married un
i til recently.
Missouri is going to have a new sen
ator by the nam.? of Xenophon Wilfley,
What a nice, musical name!
the next dny with Mrs.
exhibition
Eoss.
They remained until after ten o'clock
and I went to bed immcdia ely after
they had left. 1 did not want to talk
of my tears, when George came in.
(Tomorrow George Is Pleased That
Mrs. Euss Called.)
CASTOR I A
Fir Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always bears
the
Bignafire of
i he shipping board has concluded to make concrete
ships as well as steel and wooden ones. This is as it
should be. Anything m the way of a ship that will even
supply our coast trade is needed and will be welcomed
and kept at work. ;
The Shah of Persia has purchased $100,000. worth of
liberty bonds. His country is the hotbed of German in
trigue, but this does not prevent the Shah' knowing a good
thing when he sees it.
Rippling Rhymes
by Walt Mason
A DISMAL DAY
An ice cold rain is falling, sometimes it's
-essas mixed with sleet; the optimist is calling,
"This rain will save the wheat!" Then I
ear, and crack my heels together, and raise
a lusty cheer. If rainstorm, blooming,
bleeding, with gusts of sleet and snow, will
bring the wheat we're needing, why, let the
moisture flow. I never can be doleful, I al
ways must be gay; i gloomy mood and
soulful I'd like to spend a day; I wish I
might be swabbine from mv fat. rhppks tno
. Wl If U.! C"MI .. ... J-" "
vesiiw tears; tmt when 1 start my sobbing the
optimist appears. He laughs at my repin
ing, with scornful laugh and loud, and shows the silver
lining that features every cloud. The war sometimes
seems getting the only goat I own; I yield myself to fret
ting and put up quite a groan; and while I shed the briny,
and trot out doubts and fears, with features bright and
shiny the optimist appears. He has a hundred reasons
why I should wear a smile; he shows that doubts are trea
sons, and fears are out of styre. So arm in arm we teeter,
a reuben and a hick, and swear this life is sweeter than
taffy on a stick.
1 ..!?''. "
Our Daily Story
"Smi.1i," said Miss Mineola Smith.
"Oh, Smith," repeated Tongs. "Not
such an uncommon name, after all. is
itf" '
Tee, hee!" tee hce'd Minelao
THE HUNTRESS
knew you were clevar as nnn n T
4c Mrs. Friddlet bringing you over. There's
something about a clever mau, before he
r. . . t. , . .. even pcaks, don't you know f"
It was at Evelyn Tiquet a literary; Hmnmeren Tongs began to find h.r
evening. They had just been introduced, intensely interesting
MVlighted to make your aequnint- "Do you go to the movies much! " he
"WI.VV"'?; Mi(1 W W- "I think they"re tfce paces Z
"What was the namef I didn't quite take a nap in once in a while, don'. r,,
Court House News
A marriage license was issued yes
terday to Cecil Lnndcr. aeo IS. a la
borer, and Florence E. O'Connor, age
17, a etudent. He was born in Oregon
and she in Wyoming.
A suit to quiet title to ten acres of
land iu the John M. Prichard donation
land claim was filed today in the cir
cuit court by Georgo N. Stoncr and
wife against Sylvester Prichard and
others. The land is In township 9
south, range 1 west.
The sixth annual report of Effie A
Morgan as guardian of C'arence, Ivan
and Pearl Osterman, minors, was filed
today in the county eourt. The report
shows expenditure of $96.17, the ex
act amount of interest received on
! $1202.20 for the year. This amount is
in the hands of the guardian and she
reports that, "said minors have beea
properly eltithed, fed, cared for and
scut to school and the funds loaned
out at a good rate of interest."
The final account of Augusta Briet
zke 4is administrator for tho estate of
Carl Brictake was filed today witk
tho county court. It showa receipts of
$1)44 and expenditures of a like
amount. Money expended included the
support of the widow -for one year.
Charles L. Olcott, aa employe of the
Spauldiug mill, was arrested late last
night by Officers Victor and Marils
as he was in the act of distributing
copies of "Kingdom News," which pub
lication has been placed under the baa
by federal authorities. Olcott made n
a. '.tempt to resist arrest but was inclined
to argue with the officers his right
to distribute tho literature. He furnish
ed $30 bail for his appearance in the
city recorder's court at 3 o'clock this
afternoon.
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AUTO OWNERS ATTENTION
"Tec heel' tee hee'd Miss Smith.
You cert'u'y are clever!"
Hummcreu Tongs began to find her
positively fascinating.
:' They 're starting to danw," ho said.
"Dancing ban certainly changed from
what it used to be."
'Hee!" hee'd .Mineola. "You don't
let much ge5 by you, do youf "
'Sherlock Holmes is my middle
I'Mi-.f," said Hammeren.Tongs.
tee liee. How do von ever think of
all those things?" marveled Miss
Smith.
He now began to wonder how he had
?ver got through all those years with
out her, and after that he danced with
her all evening and she told him fif.y
times that he was as graceful aa he was
e vcr, and after that he got her address
aid telephone number and permission to
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